2 Corinthians 5:7

for we walk by faith, not by sight; but we have courage,

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

In Context

6We have courage, therefore, always, and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

8and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see in a mirror, obscurely; but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall fully know even as I also am fully known.

2 Corinthians 4:18while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are but for a time; but the things which are not seen are ever lasting.

Hebrews 10:38Now my righteous man shall live by faith; but if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.”

1 Peter 1:8whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:2-12

The Believer's Prospect beyond Death. ( a. d. 57.) 1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up… Read the whole commentary →

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